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Mobile HF/VHF Transceiver
Desktop HF/VHF Transceiver
40m SSB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  2m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  6m  10m  40m 
Freq. stability ? Less than ±0.05ppm (0°C to +50°C, after warm up) ~ 100 Hz per half hour
Tuning steps ? 0.001 kHz 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.03-200 MHz all-mode incl WFM 0.03-60 MHz 5.9-8 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? 0.10 - 1.799 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): -
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 6,3µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.5µV

1.80 - 29.99 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.5µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 2µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.16µV

50.0 - 54.0 MHz
FM (BW: at 15 kHz): 0.32µV
AM (BW: at 6 kHz): 1µV
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 (BW: at 2.4 kHz): 0.13µV

*) All values with pre-amp ON
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Selectivity ? SSB, RTTY (BW: 2.4 kHz)
More than 2.4 kHz/-3dB
Less than 3.6 kHz/-60dB

CW (BW: 500 Hz)
More than 500 Hz/-3dB
Less than 700 Hz/-60dB

AM (BW: 6 kHz)
More than 6.0 kHz/-3dB
Less than 15.0 kHz/-60dB

FM (BW: 15 kHz)
More than 12.0 kHz/-6dB
Less than 20.0 kHz/-60dB
4 crystal filter, 400Hz-3KHz continued adjustable
Filters ? 15, 6 and 3 kHz ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 64.455 MHz (for all modes)
2nd: 36 kHz (for all modes)
400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? More than 70 dB ?
Audio output ? More than 2.6 W at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-146 MHz (Europe)
10-160 m + WARC / 50-54 / 144-148 MHz (USA)
10-160 m + WARC/6 m 7.0-7.3 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   CW   SSB   RTTY   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   PSK31/63   CW   SSB  
RF-output 100/100/20 W 5-200 W (AM: 5-50 W) 100% duty cycle! 8-9 W (@ 13.8 V DC)

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC + SO-239 BNC
Impedance 50Ω 50Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC Mains, 85-265 VAC 10-15 V DC
Current RX Max 1.8 A Max 210 VA 50-60 mA
TX Max 20 A Max 800 VA 800 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1997 and 199x in Japan Between 2007 and 200x in Japan Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 167 × 58 × 200 mm
(6.57 × 2.28 × 7.87 in)
424 × 150 × 420 mm
(16.69 × 5.91 × 16.54 in)
88 × 38 × 124 mm
(3.46 × 1.50 × 4.88 in)
Weight 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs) 23.00 kg (50.7 lbs) 280 gr (9.9 oz)
Form factor Mobile Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? 7" color TFT
Built-in auto-ATU
Built-in RTTY/PSK31 decoder
Dual DSP
Spectrum scope DVR
2×USB
+40 dBm ultra high intercept point
50 CTCSS tone encoder and decoder
Sidetone: 700 Hz
Keyer: 5-40 wpm adjustable
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000706MKII ICOM-IC-007700 YOUKITS-SK-000001A